September 25, 2016
New television
started for me this week. Gotham
kicked off with a pretty solid premiere. I like Gordon playing bounty hunter.
He's definitely got enough escapees to keep him busy. Really interested in
where things go with Bruce and OtherBruce (aka Dude Who Looks Like Bruce).
Missed the premiere
of Agents of SHIELD, but I'll catch
up before the second episode. Looking forward to seeing how the team moves
ahead.
Caught the second
half of Van Helsing and I'm in for
now. My fear is this show will be similar to Hunters where the first few episodes were good but things unraveled
from there.
MacGyver ended up being better than I expected. As one of my favorite early
adult shows, the original will be hard to beat. Then again, if the updated vibe
continues and darker themes are explored, I could get behind the new reboot.
Fingers crossed.
Needed some lighter
fare, so started Miss Fisher's Murder
Mysteries again. I'll get back to Strike
Back soon. Can't leave Stonebridge and Scott hanging for too long. LOL
That's it for
television this week. Tonight's post is from Photo Ops, a fun little romp
prompted by a charity photo shoot idea.
Here's the
mini-blurb:
When Mace McKenna decides not to participate in the annual
Officers of the City charity calendar photo shoot, Nina Dean won't let up until
he caves. But when Nina loses a bet and has to pose for the women's version,
she soon discovers Mace is the orchestrator of the whole thing.
And a snippety peek…
"One final thing in closing.
We need to do our part to keep morale up in the city."
Nina Dean snuck into the shift
briefing and grabbed the closest seat to the exit. Mace McKenna stood at the
podium, giving no indication he'd spotted her sliding in at the end of the
daily rundown. Maybe she'd managed to stay off his radar for once.
"We've had a rough quarter.
Major crime and the murder rates are up. Tensions are running high." Mace
came out from behind the stand and stepped down off the dais. "Everyone,
whether you work the beat, vice, major crime, homicide, or special response,
needs to do their part to diffuse situations and rebuild communication. Trust
doesn't come cheap. We all have to do our jobs and go above and beyond with
problem solving." He pinned Nina with a scathing look. "That means
making it to the morning briefings on time, right, Dean." A dark brow
arched, daring her to refute the statement.
She sank down in the seat she
occupied. "Right. Even if a commissioner's rep waylays us in the hallway,
we need to be on time." She met Mace's gaze. "Won't happen again,
Mace." Until it did, because it would.
He rolled his eyes. "I don't
think any of us will hold our breath for that one, Dean." A round of
laughter followed his verbal barb.
Nina took the insult in stride.
"That's good. Wouldn't want anyone to die of suffocation." She almost
always had a ready comeback for him.
Mace smirked. "Touche."
He moved back behind the podium. "You're all dismissed."
Nina bolted up and made a beeline
for the exit. The others followed, most carrying on conversations about how
rough the day would be. She didn't disagree, but the commissioner's
representative asked her to stop by as soon as the morning briefing ended and
Nina didn't plan to be late for that meeting.
No way. The rep had been light on
detail, but definitely caught her attention with two words.
Photo op.
If her friend Micha laid the
groundwork like he'd said he would, she'd have a primo opportunity to put a
feather in her cap.
And serve a little comeuppance to
Mace in the process.
The back and forth
of this one is so much fun to write!
That's it for this
week. Happy reading!
Skylin
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